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[The Inner Eye] [EP07]

I want to see Mr. Hu.

Mr. Hu is discussing

some important company matters.

Please wait.

Zhang,

Mr. Hu wants you to go in alone.

Okay, Lan.

Thanks for coming.

You even made a special trip to Guangzhou.

For you, it's no trouble at all.

How is Mr. Hu doing?

It has spread everywhere.

He has only days left.

But for now,

he's still fairly clear-headed.

He's been settling

the things that need to be settled.

Nicole told me before boarding the plane.

She should arrive very soon.

Hu probably has something

set aside for his daughter.

With you here,

I feel reassured.

What about you?

As his ex-wife,

he's treated me reasonably well.

I suppose he's shown some decency.

Sis,

The will Hu made months ago

states that

all his company shares

will go to the son he has with Meiyuan.

I know the company is important to you.

I just spent hours in there

talking with him

about our early startup days.

Honestly, I was exhausted.

Let's go home first

and talk later.

Okay.

You really have no shame.

What right do you have to be here?

What right do you have to visit my dad?

Nicole.

Well, congratulations to you.

Your wish is finally coming true.

All those petty schemes of yours.

None of them went to waste.

This is a hospital.

Your father is still inside.

Let's all save some dignity.

I used to have both parents.

I had a complete family.

Ever since you showed up,

our family fell apart.

You were just a private dance instructor,

using me to seduce my father,

hurting my mother.

And you dare talk to me about dignity?

Looks like your mother

hasn't taught you much these years.

Say that again.

Who do you think you are

to comment on our family business?

My dad ending up like this

is all because of you.

Aunt Tang.

Nicole, you just landed.

You haven't seen your dad yet.

Sorry about that.

Nicole is still young.

She lost control just now.

Attorney Tang,

nice to meet you again.

Everyone, please calm down.

Mr. Hu's condition

doesn't allow him to talk much right now.

Please head back for today.

You can visit again tomorrow.

Doctor, I've been on a plane

for over ten hours.

Can I just see him for a moment?

Nicole.

Follow the doctor's instructions.

Your mom is waiting for you.

Mom.

How exactly is my dad?

If it weren't absolutely necessary,

if it weren't urgent,

I wouldn't

ask you to fly back.

He said he'd spend Christmas this year

with me in the UK.

These past few days,

your father keeps talking about you.

Nicole, just remember this.

Your dad has always loved you.

That's all that matters.

Auntie,

is my dad really leaving

the whole company

to that woman's son?

Mr. Hu has his own arrangements.

But don't worry.

You're his daughter.

He won't abandon you.

Your job, your life.

He's planned for all of it.

My mom can handle that too.

She can support me.

I'm just unwilling to accept this.

Unwilling to

let Zheng Meiyuan cheat her way into so much.

Auntie,

you came to Guangzhou

to help us, right?

I'll stay with you

these next few days.

Does Mr. Hu know about this?

This new paternity test

has only been seen

by you and me.

But back when Mr. Hu made his will,

when he planned to leave

his shares to his son,

he had a paternity test done.

That one

was forged by Zheng Meiyuan.

So that means

Meiyuan's son

has no legal right to inherit anything.

Then you should give this

to Mr. Hu.

One moment of anger

opens a thousand doors to disaster.

Hu is about to pass.

Shouldn't we let him

leave with dignity,

without regrets?

You're right.

Zheng Meiyuan and her child

have no right

to those shares.

I want you to take

this new paternity test

and talk to her properly.

Get her to give up

what never belonged to her.

Sis,

do you hate Meiyuan?

What goes around comes around.

All of this

is her own doing.

I'm just protecting Hu

and his company

from leaving in the wrong hands.

Do you think I can persuade her?

Of course.

You're my attorney.

I trust you completely.

Attorney Kang, I hear the female lawyers

at Chen Jun Law Firm

are quite famous.

Beautiful and highly capable,

just not easygoing.

Roses may be beautiful,

but you have to accept the thorns.

Thorny roses

tend to hurt hands.

Director Chen left you

quite a mess to handle.

And this is?

Our firm's rose.

Feeling better now?

I'm fine after some rest.

I'm okay now.

You rested all day today?

Didn't I tell you?

I felt better after resting,

so I got back to work.

You should've at least

checked in with me.

Didn't you say this morning

I didn't need to tell you?

I went out today

to handle something important.

On this business trip with me,

was there someone more important?

Mr. Hu from Lanhu Group.

You know him.

His ex-wife, Lan.

We grew up together.

She's like a real sister to me.

Mr. Hu

is dying now.

The will and inheritance

are extremely complicated.

She needs me right now.

So you came to Guangzhou

just to deal with private matters?

Private matters are still work.

She's my client,

and the firm's client.

Fine. Be specific then.

Why is it complicated?

That's private then.

I always thought

after our last talk

we were already allies.

Maybe we are even...

Whatever Director Kang says.

A...Another ice bucket, please.

Thanks.

Thank you.

I'm tired.

Director Kang, enjoy your drink.

Did I upset you?

It's not about you. I'm just tired.

[Tang Yingying]

If you're free tomorrow,

come meet the client with me.

I'll sort things out

and send you the details later.

Did you forget

to apologize to me?

[Good night.]

[Paternity Test: Hu Cheng & Hu Yaozu]

What do you want?

My client hopes

you'll voluntarily give up

Hu Yaozu's inheritance of the shares.

As compensation,

you may state

your financial demands.

Why should I?

How did you get

this so-called paternity test?

I can only tell you

the result of the test

is real.

And I believe you know that too.

So,

this was all your doing.

Ms. Zheng,

what exactly do you mean by that?

Attorney Tang,

back when Hu divorced his ex-wife,

you helped her take

half of Hu's shares

and multiple properties.

Looks like you planned this

from the very beginning.

You went to great lengths

to get this forged paternity test,

just to frame me

and force me out.

So this is how

you lawyers play.

Ms. Zheng, I hope

you can watch your words.

Baseless accusations like this

could be defamatory.

You know

whether it's defamation.

So you're certain Hu Yaozu

is Mr. Hu's biological son?

Of course.

I had a paternity test done before.

That's why Hu made a will,

leaving the shares to his son.

Then I think

I need to remind you that

a paternity report

carries legal force.

Likewise,

forging one

is a crime.

What are you implying?

Are you saying

my report is fake?

That's not what I said.

But I will find the truth.

Ms. Zheng,

I hope you understand this clearly.

If it turns out Hu Yaozu

is not Mr. Hu's son,

it won't just affect you and the child.

It will affect Mr. Hu,

and Lanhu Group as well.

The damage would be irreversible.

I believe no one wants

that outcome to happen.

Then go ahead.

Tell Lan

I don't accept her report.

Don't dress it up as

being for the company or Hu.

In the end,

she's just been scheming

for Hu's property.

And you are her accomplices.

Helping her plot

to push my son and me into a dead end.

Ms. Zheng, please calm down.

Calm down.

We're only here

to convey

our client's wishes.

That's fine. Think it over.

We can talk anytime, okay?

We'll take our leave.

Let's go.

Goodbye.

Do you think all of this

was planned by Lan?

Today I only heard

Meiyuan's side of the story.

I don't really know Lan.

But you do.

She's your friend.

There's one thing I'm curious about.

Meiyuan already did

a paternity test.

Why did Lan

insist on doing a second one?

Why was she so sure

the child wasn't Mr. Hu's?

I feel the same way.

It's like

she knew all along.

That's why I think

the report she holds

must be genuine.

But you saw Meiyuan today.

She was very certain.

It's possible

her report is real too.

Could it be that

when Meiyuan submitted the test,

she switched

the DNA sample?

So the DNA

wasn't Mr. Hu's at all?

That's possible. But the same

could be true for Lan.

No.

She wouldn't take that kind of risk

at a time like this

to forge a paternity test.

Unless

she had foreseen

another possibility.

What is it?

If Meiyuan is telling the truth,

Lan used this new report

while Mr. Hu was dying

to force Meiyuan

to give up the shares.

Or,

she wanted to

buy the shares cheap,

add them to what she already holds,

and become

Lanhu Group's largest shareholder.

So,

should I remind you

that Lan's our client?

Are you thinking this to hurt her?

Rather than taking sides,

I want the truth.

The truth.

The truth is,

we can almost be certain now

that Lan knew from the start

the child wasn't Mr. Hu's.

And she likely knows

who the real father is.

That's the truth, as I see it.

You playing or not?

Hurry up.

Eight Wan. Eight Wan.

Sis-in-law.

Let's go. Go. Go.

Meiyuan, why are you here?

Yan Bin.

After all this mess,

you've lost weight.

Unlock it.

Unlock it.

Give it to me.

Meiyuan.

[Lan.]

Lan's attorney came today.

I know everything now.

It's not like that.

Speak.

How much did she pay you

to seduce me?

All that time,

even your sperm.

Meiyuan, listen to me.

It was all Ms. Lan.

Ms. Lan told me to do it.

I lost money.

I owed loan sharks.

I had...

I had no way out.

Ms. Lan said,

if I listened to her,

she'd fix everything.

And pay me 800000 yuan after.

800000 yuan.

I didn't want this, Meiyuan.

I really loved you, Meiyuan.

I used to hate

melodramatic TV dramas.

Never thought

the man beside me every day

would be

the lead in one.

Meiyuan.

Listen carefully.

That child is not yours.

He's Hu's son.

Meiyuan already did

a paternity test.

Why did Lan

insist on doing a second one?

Why was she so sure

the child wasn't Mr. Hu's?

If Meiyuan is telling the truth,

Lan used this new report

while Mr. Hu was dying

to force Meiyuan

to give up the shares.

Or,

she wanted to

buy the shares cheap,

add them to what she already holds,

and become

Lanhu Group's largest shareholder.

So,

So,

Lan knew from the start

the child wasn't Mr. Hu's.

And she likely knows

who the real father is.

All of this

is her own doing.

Do you think I can persuade her?

You're my attorney.

I trust you completely.

[Attorney Tang.]

[Tomorrow at ten.]

[Yunqizhuang, private room.]

[Let's talk again.]

It was all Ms. Lan.

Ms. Lan told me to do it.

I lost money.

I owed loan sharks.

I had...

I had no way out.

Ms. Lan said,

if I listened to her,

she'd fix everything.

And pay me 800000 yuan after.

800000 yuan.

I was emotional yesterday.

Anyone would be.

In my position.

I just don't understand.

I loved Hu sincerely.

I only wanted a child

with the man I loved.

Why I met

with such malice?

Yan Bin's words

are not conclusive evidence.

Whether the facts

match the recording,

I will verify

with my client.

So you're saying

you knew nothing

about what she did?

Then let me ask you.

After representing her

for years,

do you really know her?

Ms. Zheng,

even if

this recording is real,

it also proves

your infidelity during marriage

with Yan Bin.

That hurts your case.

I admit the affair.

But I won't accept

that the child is Yan Bin's.

I'll say it again.

Hu Yaozu

is Hu's son.

I'm not using the recording

to prove anything.

But you know better than I do.

If Yan Bin told the truth,

shouldn't Lan

also pay a price

for what she did?

Setting traps, scheming for profit,

isn't that a crime too?

Yesterday you conveyed

Lan's demands.

I assume nothing has changed.

So today,

here is my answer.

I reject her terms.

Hu's will states clearly

all company shares

go to Yaozu.

Until he comes of age,

I hold them on his behalf.

This is what we deserve.

If she wants them,

I set the price.

Although Mr. Hu made a will,

it has not taken effect yet.

Which means all assets

listed in the will

are still legally Mr. Hu's property.

So he still has the right to decide

the final ownership of these assets.

If you don't approve of

Lan's paternity test,

you can ask the relevant authorities to verify.

If you still don't accept it,

we can also

do another paternity test

in front of witnesses from both sides.

But...

If we wait

until the results of the third paternity test come out.

Maybe by then,

we'll have to see you in court.

There's nothing left to discuss.

The recording provided by Meiyuan,

although it was edited,

it doesn't sound like a lie.

I know you're struggling right now.

As a lawyer,

you have to be in Lan's shoes.

But as a woman,

you're sympathetic to

what happened to that child.

Woman! Woman!

Do you think you

know women well, Director Kang?

What I'm thinking

doesn't need you to tell me.

If you really want to help me,

then help me figure out

how to convince Meiyuan

to give up her inheritance rights.

What you need to convince now

is not Meiyuan,

but yourself.

What do you mean?

You're Lan's attorney

and also her best friend.

Furthermore, you know

that from the very beginning,

Lan had planned everything

to scheme against Meiyuan.

Then why do you still

insist on the conditions

she put forward?

Unless...

You think I'm involved in this,

and I'm involved in the scheme against Meiyuan,

right?

Stop the car!

I know that

you have always felt

that I am an unscrupulous person,

but I have never advertised

myself as a good person.

You can question my character,

but please don't

question my professionalism and principles.

I wouldn't stoop to

such despicable acts.

Bad temper.

Sister.

There you are.

How's Mr. Hu doing?

These days, his periods of lucidity

are getting shorter and shorter.

Nicole is inside keeping her dad company.

After all, they are biological father and daughter.

Blood ties cannot be severed.

About Meiyuan and her child...

Let's have a chat.

Did she refuse my terms?

Sister.

How many other things

are you hiding from me?

When Hu and I founded Lanhu Group,

many people were jealous

and opposed us

openly and covertly.

Once the capital chain broke,

and something went wrong.

We owe a lot of money to the contractor.

Those people threatened

cut Hu's Achilles tendons.

I went from door to door

begging people to lend me money.

Your mother took me

to ask your grandfather

for help in resolving the difficulties.

Yingying, your family's kindness

I will never forget.

Later, the company got back on track,

but Nicole fell ill.

Then Hu

let me go home and take care of Nicole.

He was in charge of the company alone.

Those brothers and sisters of Hu

are good-for-nothings,

yet they're all scrambling

to get a job at the company.

Hu is soft-hearted,

so he gave all of them shares.

But all the shady deals

they do behind my back

can't be hidden from me.

And later,

another person appeared.

Zheng Meiyuan.

Of course,

she is not the first person.

This company

holds half a lifetime

of my dedication and hard work.

Let me hand over to those people.

How could I be willing?

Meiyuan is not

as simple as we thought.

She has Yan Bin's recording,

which is very bad for you.

And she doesn't admit

that she forged the paternity test.

Sister,

for public purposes, I'm your lawyer.

You don't have to tell me anything that

has nothing to do with this case

or something that is unfavorable to you.

You can even get another lawyer

that you really believe in.

But in private,

all these years past,

I've always regarded you as

the closest person to me.

As a sister,

I hope you can tell me the truth,

then I can know how to help you.

If she doesn't accept that terms of negotiation,

we will do another paternity test

While Lao Hu is still alive.

Hello?

Meiyuan called the police and said the child was lost.

Yesterday

we went to their house,

so the police asked us

to cooperate with the investigation.

Are you okay? What's wrong with you?

Do you believe me?

I never doubted you.

I believe you.

I won't explain anymore.

I apologize to you

for my behavior that day.

I sincerely apologize to you.

But we won't discuss that now.

A cornered beast will do something desperate.

Meiyuan was at her wits' end.

Now I suspect that her child

was hidden by her on purpose.

It's just a guess,

and needs proof.

The biggest beneficiary of

the child's disappearance is she.

But if anything were to happen

to the child

or if he was to go missing,

each of us

would bear an inescapable responsibility.

We still needs evidence.

The police are more experienced than we are.

They will have a more professional inference.

Cooperate with the investigation later,

and you don't have to say your guesses,

so as not to affect the police's judgment.

We are Ms. Lan's

attorneys.

Yesterday, I was also entrusted by

Ms. Lan to go to Mr. Hu's house

to talk to his wife, Mrs. Zheng

about relevant provisions of inheritance.

When you went there,

did you have any conflict

with Mrs. Zheng?

No.

So did you see the child at that time?

Yes. The child was right beside us.

Later because of crying,

a nanny

went to look after the child.

Policemen,

this child's disappearance

must be related to her mother,

Zheng Meiyuan.

I suggest investigating Zheng Meiyuan's

all social relationships.

There must be clues.

She also has a driver named Yan Bin.

Investigate him! Quickly!

Attorney Tang, how to handle a case?

How to conduct an investigation?

The police have their own arrangements.

You sit down first.

Yes, I know.

I know.

You sit down!

There is no time.

Policemen,

this is not an

ordinary missing child case.

The circumstances behind this case

are very complicated.

Now I suspect that the child's

mother, Zheng Meiyuan,

deliberately hid the child.

What is the basis for your suspicion?

Do you know

where the child disappeared?

No. No matter where this child

went missing,

Zheng Miyuan

must know the real situation.

You believe me!

If we not

find this kid quickly,

the child

will be dangerous.

A child of several months

can't talk and walk.

If someone hides on purpose,

it's very difficult to find,

and besides,

the source said

that the child disappeared in the square.

We are investigating the monitoring.

It will take time.

What I mean is,

why can't we

just investigate Zheng Meiyuan directly?

She must know something.

What is your relationship with the child?

I have no relationship with him.

She is a lawyer,

and the child is a friend's child.

Sorry, policemen.

No matter whose

child it is,

he is just a child who has no capacity for

civil conduct and is at

the mercy of others.

What she means...

She means

the longer the time goes on,

the more dangerous the child may be.

If something happens,

may be...

Whether it is out of public opinion or

one's own conscience,

we can't even bear the consequences.

That's what we mean.

We must try our best to find it.

Yes.

Then we won't disturb you.

We will go.

Okay.

Keep in touch.

Okay.

What were you doing?

Could you just calm down?

Listen to me. It's not...

It is not just the one possibility

you're thinking of, you know?

His biological father felt

that the matter was exposed

and picked up the child.

Is it possible?

Or it is really unfortunate

that he was targeted by those

who abducted and trafficked children.

Is it possible?

You're right.

We need evidence.

So whenever Zheng Meiyuan speaks up,

things will turn around.

How could Zheng Meiyuan

possibly speak up?

Hu doesn't have much time left.

Now, she only needs to hide

the child for a while.

When Hu dies,

she will be able to inherit shares.

It was our

repeated negotiations that

drove her to the brink.

If she really wants

to use this child

to secure her best interests.

She even...

Of course,

I don't want to make such vicious assumptions about a mother,

But what if this possibility

were to materialize?

Do not allow your personal feelings

to lead you into

such dire speculation. Okay?

Attorney Tang Yingying,

You've always been one

to meet every challenge head-on.

This matter is a test for you.

You give me. I'll go and find her.

Who?

Zheng Meiyuan!

Is it useful for you to find her?

You've been turned down by her

enough times already.

I'll go.

You? Yes!

You go and she will speak up

and she will tell you the truth?

Instead of being here

and talking to you,

I'd be better off

saying something that might change her mind.

You stop!

I'll go find Lan.

Okay, then if there is

any compromise on her side,

you can contact me at any time.

If there is any situation on your side,

you should also tell me.

I hope I can see

Director Kang's true strength this time.

And hope that they can withstand

the trials of human nature.

OK.

Test it.

Excuse me. Coming through.

Dad!

Dad!

Doctor, what's wrong?

Dad.

What's wrong? Doctotr?

What's wrong?

What happened?

Please wait outside.

This way please.

Where's Attorney Tang?

She is busy.

She is busy looking for your child.

Nicole, you're waiting here.

Let me talk to Aunt Tang.

How is Mr. Hu's situation now?

He's undergoing emergency treatment at the hospital.

Life and death are unpredictable.

Sister,

Now let's make a hypothesis.

Suppose Meiyuan and someone else

have a baby,

this matter is arranged by you

and the forged

paternity test

was also arranged by you.

The scheme you devised was

to become the largest shareholder of

Lanhu Group

after Mr. Hu's passing.

So...

Your purpose from beginning

to end is just the company.

Yingying,

You seem to be

my attorney, right?

So I'm now

in your shoes,

assuming for you.

I have another hypothesis.

Suppose Meiyuan's child

went missing,

then the paternity test

in your hand is a piece of waste paper.

But in Meiyuan's hand,

there is a certificate of paternity confirming that

Hu Yaozu is

the biological son of Mr. Hu.

Because of the disappearance of the child,

you can't falsify it now,

so

what leverage do we have?

Talk to Meiyuan.

What on earth

just happened?

My second hypothesis happens.

Meiyuan has called the police.

The child was missing.

how much

did Lan give you?

Let you work so hard for her.

Ms. Cheng,

you used wrong method.

What do you mean?

Firstly,

report false cases.

The police will impose detention for

five to ten days

and a fine.

As for forging paternity test certificates

and defrauding property inheritance rights,

this is even more serious.

Say whatever you want.

It is a fact that the child is missing now.

Have you ever seen a mother who

really lost her child?

They will search around

the streets like madmen,

for fear that they will

miss their children.

No one sitting at home

waiting for news.

No, I haven't seen.

I also looked for.

I'm tired.

I went home and rest until it's dark.

If you represent Lan

to negotiate with me,

300 million

is my condition.

I suspect that Meiyuan's child

was deliberately hidden by her.

So sister,

as long as you tell the police

everything you know

about the child,

then the police will turn the direction of investigation

to Zheng Meiyuan.

I believe that this will be of

great help to find the child as

soon as possible.

The child is the one you carried for ten months

and gave birth to.

That's your flesh and blood.

Have you ever thought for him?

One day the child grew up,

and he knew that from the moment he was born,

he was plotted.

What would he think?

Okay, let's not talk that.

Let's talk now.

Such a small baby,

eating, drinking, crying and shouting,

is the normal state of babies.

I don't care where you put him.

In anyone's house,

there is such a child out of thin air.

Wouldn't the neighbors

ask about it?

Wouldn't the neighbors call the police?

Would the person next to him

not let the child cry

out of fear

and cover the child's mouth with his hand?

Is it possible?

From the moment the child was born,

it was you

and that nanny who looked after him.

Who's looking after

the child now?

Stranger.

Will the child be afraid?

Will he cry his heart out?

He'll want his mother.

How would those around him treat him?

Will they clamp their hands tighter

over the child's mouth?

You know,

the strength of an adult

against a baby,

there is a risk of suffocation.

Even those you know well

may not be trustworthy.

Sister,

Mr. Hu is in critical condition now,

so we don't have much time left.

While the worst outcome

has yet to materialize,

we still have a chance to change.

Give me a moment.

I'm gonna think.

Three minutes.

I'll wait for you.

Distant relatives?

Fellow villagers?

The person Yan Bin introduced to you?

Do you believe him?

The person you paid to hire, right?

If he knows that this child

is Mr. Hu's son,

will he blackmail you again?

Want a higher price?

If someone else offers a higher price,

or they want to sell the child directly,

is this possible?

Two years ago,

I have handled one

child trafficking case,

a two-year-old

little boy,

because of parental negligence,

was abducted by a fellow villager.

His parents are anxious to look around.

The fellow villager panicked,

and he can't control the child.

Crying and shouting.

Out of fear, he abandoned the child,

just abandoned the child to the side of the road.

You know when the police,

found that child,

the child's body was floating on

the river pond nearby.

Don't talk!

Your thought is very likely

to decide your child's life.

You're his mother,

so his life is in your hands.

Understand?

He Na and Yan Bin's fellow villagers.

She took the baby to the suburbs

Name,

address, and phone number.